This is an intensive one-semester introduction to the R programming
language for applied epidemiology. This year we will be experimenting
a population health data science perspective. Population health is
“a systems framework for studying and improving the health of
populations through collective action and learning.” Data science is
the art and science of transforming data into actionable
knowledge. Population health data science (PHDS) is “the art and
science of transforming data into actionable knowledge to improve
health.” The key words are actionable knowledge